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Denmark will plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest

Nov. 18, 2024 08:59 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish lawmakers on Monday agreed on a deal to plant 1 billion trees and convert 10% of farmland into forest and natural habitats over the next two decades in an effort to reduce fertilizer usage. The government called the agreement “the biggest change...

Danish police close investigation into Old Stock Exchange fire

Nov. 12, 2024 07:27 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish police said Tuesday that they were closing the investigation into the devastating fire that destroyed more than half of Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange, saying nothing points at the blaze being the result of a criminal act. Despite extensive...

2 Swedish teens face preliminary terror charges for explosions near the Israeli Embassy in Denmark

Nov. 07, 2024 09:10 AM EST

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Two Swedish teenagers who were arrested in connection with last month's predawn explosions near the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen faced preliminary charges of terror on Thursday, Danish media reported. The charges come before formal charges and allow...

At least 1 person dead and 4 injured in train derailment in northern Norway, Norwegian media report

Oct. 24, 2024 10:41 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — At least 1 person dead and 4 injured in train derailment in northern Norway, Norwegian media report.

2 Swedish teens are held in custody over blasts near Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen

Oct. 03, 2024 10:26 AM EDT

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Two Swedish teenagers were jailed Thursday in pre-trial detention in connection with two predawn explosions in the vicinity of the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen a day earlier. Prosecutors said investigators were establishing “whether the motive could be a terror...

Two predawn explosions rock the area around the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen but no one is injured

Oct. 02, 2024 09:11 AM EDT